[Remote] Vice President, Cybersecurity Operations

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Blackmere Consulting, LLC is partnering with a high-maturity, AI-driven cybersecurity organization to identify a deeply technical, engineering-minded Vice President, Cybersecurity. This role involves overseeing cloud, platform, and network security for a large-scale SaaS product while leading major security functions and driving day-to-day execution across the security portfolio. Responsibilities • Oversee cloud, platform, and network security for a large-scale, distributed SaaS product. • Evaluate and influence architectural decisions across microservices, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. • Provide deep technical guidance in areas such as: • Network segmentation and secure VPC design • Firewall, boundary control, and traffic flow architecture • Protocol-level traffic analysis and defensive engineering • Secure design patterns and resilient architecture for cloud-native systems • Assess architectural diagrams and network topologies, challenging engineering decisions with confidence. • Guide engineering teams on threat modeling, attack surface minimization, and resiliency. • Lead enterprise-scale incident response, driving real-time decisions under pressure. • Understand root cause, containment strategies, log sources, detection gaps, and kill-chain impacts. • Direct cross-functional responders during high-severity events. • Partner with engineering and product teams for fast, pragmatic remediation. • Communicate clearly with senior executives during critical incidents. • Oversee enterprise risk management, including GRC, vendor risk, and regulatory frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, etc.). • Lead initiatives in AI/ML security, including adversarial testing and the build-out of an AI security testing function. • Drive cross-functional resilience programs spanning business continuity, disaster recovery, and data lifecycle governance. • Translate technical risks into operational and business implications for executive stakeholders. • Influence product, engineering, legal, and risk partners to ensure aligned and scalable security practices. Skills • 10–15+ years of progressive InfoSec leadership, including VP/Head-of-level responsibility and deep operational oversight. • Experience leading cybersecurity operations for a SaaS organization. • Demonstrated success leading cloud-first or cloud-scale security programs, ideally in fast-moving or high-risk environments. • Strong, current technical foundation with an emphasis on network security, including: TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, VPNs, proxies. • Network and distributed system architecture review. • Attack path analysis, lateral movement detection, and traffic-level defensive engineering. • Secure design of large, distributed, cloud-native systems. • Significant incident response leadership, including enterprise-scale, high-severity events and coordination of technical responders. • Enterprise-level AI/ML security expertise, including hands-on implementation experience, adversarial testing, secure model design, or applied detection use cases — with the ability to lead AI security strategy across product and enterprise. • Strong command of security frameworks and risk standards (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI, GDPR). • Engineering mindset and technical pedigree, ideally supported by a STEM degree. • High-credibility communicator able to influence senior technical leaders and translate complex risks into business-aligned decisions. • Offensive security foundations (pentesting, red teaming, exploit development, adversarial analysis). • Experience in high-threat or highly regulated industries (finance, healthcare, logistics, defense). • Advanced AI/ML or adversarial AI research experience. • Securing large-scale SaaS platforms or distributed enterprise environments. Company Overview • Blackmere Consulting is a Nationwide Technical and Executive Recruiting firm dedicated to Cyber Security and Information Technology. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is https://www.blackmereconsulting.com. Apply Now Apply Now